MEANING
1. To make a substantial mistake through carelessness or poor judgment.
2. To move awkwardly without clear awareness of obstacles or direction.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- blunder badly
- blunder into a crisis
On the page
The negotiators blundered by announcing terms before agreement.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- blunder
- Past tense
- blundered
- Past participle
- blundered
- Present participle
- blundering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- blunder
- Present continuous
- am/is/are blundering
- Present perfect
- have/has blundered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been blundering
- Past
- blundered
- Past continuous
- was/were blundering
- Past perfect
- had blundered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been blundering
- Future
- will blunder
- Future continuous
- will be blundering
- Future perfect
- will have blundered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been blundering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: blunder; blunders; blundered; blundered; blundering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: blunders.
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